Moments in Time 5/19/11

• On May 30, 1806, Revolutionary War veteran and future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. Dickinson, killed at short range, had printed libelous comments about Jackson. Over his lifetime, Jackson was in 13 duels. Only the Dickinson duel was fatal.

• On June 2, 1865, Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, signs the surrender terms offered by Union negotiators, in an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War.

• On May 31, 1929, Ford Motor Company signs a landmark agreement to produce cars in the Sovie...